Born in 1974, Anggun is undoubtedly the world's most renowned Indonesian-born recording artist and one of the few Asian entertainers to have earned international acclaim. As a child star in Indonesia, she laid the foundation for an international career when she moved to France at the age of 20 to pursue her music debut in Europe.
In the late 1990s, her single "Snow On The Sahara" experienced a massive breakthrough in the French music industry, subsequently bringing Anggun to the broader international market with the release of her debut international album in 33 countries, which sold over 2 million units worldwide. The album achieved Triple-Platinum status in Italy and Indonesia, Platinum in France and Malaysia, Gold in Switzerland, Finland, Philippines, and Singapore, and more. The album reached the Top 20 Heatseekers Album Charts on Billboard, while the hit single "Snow On The Sahara" reached the Top 15 on the Billboard Dance Charts and the Top 20 on the Billboard Pop Songs Charts.
A few years later, Anggun penned the main theme song for the movie "The Transporter II", becoming the first Asian-born artist to have performed the main theme song of a #1 US box office film. In 2014, she received a legendary "World Music Award" in Monaco as the World's Best-Selling Asian artist, and last year, she premiered her wax figure at the prestigious Madame Tussauds museum. She also became part of the Judges panel of 'Asia's Got Talent', the biggest talent TV show on earth, alongside legendary music producer David Foster.
Besides her musical achievements, Anggun is known as a humanitarian activist, representing the UN Food and Agriculture Organization as a Goodwill Ambassador.
Her latest international single 'What We Remember' is an addictive pop song that reached the Top 10 best-selling iTunes songs across Eastern Asia the week of its release, according to AsiaPop40.com. A few months after, the single peaked at #8 on the Billboard Dance Charts in the United States and remained charted for 16 consecutive weeks, making Anggun the only Indonesian-born female artist in music history to have ever been charted five times on the Billboard Charts in America.
